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Doctor saves life of fellow hockey player who collapses on ice
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Many people refer to Wayne Gretzky or Sidney Crosby as their hockey hero, but for Jib Street it's Dr. Craig Bryant.
Street, a Canadian who has been playing hockey his entire life, was participating in a beer league game in Charlotte, North Carolina when things took a scary turn.
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Street went into sudden cardiac arrest, and didn't have a pulse for over five minutes.
Dr. Craig Bryant saves Jib Street's life during hockey game – FOX 46
Luckily, also playing in the game was Dr. Craig Bryant, an emergency room doctor who sprung into action and immediately started CPR and used an AED ( Automated External Defibrillator) unit to restart Street's heart.
The rink cameras caught him go down, and how quickly Dr. Bryant responded to the situation:
The end of the video shows the 54-year-old made a full recovery and reunited with the man who saved his life. As a thank you, Street gave him his autographed Wayne Gretzky Jersey. "Signed by the Great One, for the Great One."
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